Problems with Undefined index

Please do somebody help me with this: each time that I run the program, I receive those erros:

Notice: Undefined index: startLimit in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 36

Notice: Undefined index: rows in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 37

Notice: Undefined index: sortBy in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 38

Notice: Undefined index: sortOrder in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 39

Notice: Undefined variable: orderByQuery in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 66


Notice: Undefined index: startLimit in D:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\DoJoSolutions\Books_Lister.php on line 88

This are part of my codes:

<?
$initStartLimit = 0;
$limitPerPage = 10;



$startLimit = $_REQUEST['startLimit'];
$numberOfRows = $_REQUEST['rows'];
$sortBy = $_REQUEST['sortBy'];
$sortOrder = $_REQUEST['sortOrder'];

if ($startLimit=="")
{
$startLimit = $initStartLimit;
}

if ($numberOfRows=="")
{
$numberOfRows = $limitPerPage;
}

if ($sortOrder=="")
{
$sortOrder = "DESC";
}
if ($sortOrder == "DESC") { $newSortOrder = "ASC"; } else { $newSortOrder = "DESC"; }
$limitQuery = " LIMIT ".$startLimit.",".$numberOfRows;
$nextStartLimit = $startLimit + $limitPerPage;
$previousStartLimit = $startLimit - $limitPerPage;

if ($sortBy!="")
{
$orderByQuery = " ORDER BY ".$sortBy." ".$sortOrder;
}


$sql = "SELECT * FROM libo_books".$orderByQuery.$limitQuery;
$result = MYSQL_QUERY($sql);
$numberOfRows = MYSQL_NUM_ROWS($result);


?>
<?
if ($numberOfRows==0) {
?>

Sorry. No records found !!

<?
}
else if ($numberOfRows>0) {

$i=0;
?>


<br>
<?
if ($_REQUEST['startLimit'] != "")
{
?>

<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $previousStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Previous <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>....
<? } ?>
<?
if ($numberOfRows == $limitPerPage)
{
?>
<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $nextStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Next <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>
<? } ?>

Please, Do somebody give an Idea how to get over this erros.

Thanks.

it's notices, appearing when you are refering to array element, which not exists

you may safely supress these, i believe unimportant, notices with "@" in SUCH cases

Instead of supressing the error I would try to fix it. Here is a revised version of your script. I've used the ternary operator (expr1) ? (expr2) : (expr3). As you see the script was reduced over 1/3 in number of lines.

PHP Code:

---

<?
$initStartLimit = 0;
$limitPerPage = 10;

$startLimit   = isset($_REQUEST['startLimit']) ? $_REQUEST['startLimit'] : $initStartLimit;
$numberOfRows = isset($_REQUEST['rows'])       ? $_REQUEST['rows']       : $limitPerPage;
$sortOrder    = isset($_REQUEST['sortOrder'])  ? $_REQUEST['sortOrder']  : 'DESC';
$sortBy       = isset($_REQUEST['sortBy'])     ? $_REQUEST['sortBy']     : '';

$newSortOrder = $sortOrder == 'DESC' ? 'ASC' : 'DESC';

$limitQuery = " LIMIT ".$startLimit.",".$numberOfRows;
$nextStartLimit = $startLimit + $limitPerPage;
$previousStartLimit = $startLimit - $limitPerPage;

if ($sortBy != "") {
    $orderByQuery = " ORDER BY ".$sortBy." ".$sortOrder;
}


$sql = "SELECT * FROM libo_books" . $orderByQuery . $limitQuery;
$result = MYSQL_QUERY($sql);
$numberOfRows = MYSQL_NUM_ROWS($result);


if ($numberOfRows == 0) { 
    echo 'Sorry. No records found !!';
} elseif ($numberOfRows > 0) {
    $i=0;
}


if ($_REQUEST['startLimit'] != "") {
    echo "<a href=\"" , $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] , 
         "?startLimit=$previousStartLimit" ,
         "&amp;limitPerPage=$limitPerPage" ,
         "&amp;sortBy=$sortBy" ,
         "&amp;sortOrder=$sortOrder\">" ,
         "Previous $limitPerPage Results</a>....";
}

if($numberOfRows == $limitPerPage) {
    echo "<a href=\"" , $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] , 
         "?startLimit=$nextStartLimit" ,
         "&amp;limitPerPage=$limitPerPage" ,
         "&amp;sortBy=$sortBy" ,
         "&amp;sortOrder=$sortOrder\">" ,
         "Next $limitPerPage Results</a>....";
}

---

-Helge :)

i have to read over the script, not only first lines

elegant solution, Helge

however, in most cases, where such solition not applicable, doing $var = isset($arr['index']) ? $arr['index'] : ''; have no preference over supressing notice

this is the hold code I still receive the same error:
check, Please what I did wrong.

<?
$initStartLimit = 0;
$limitPerPage = 10;



$startLimit = $_REQUEST['startLimit'];
$numberOfRows = $_REQUEST['rows'];
$sortBy = $_REQUEST['sortBy'];
$sortOrder = $_REQUEST['sortOrder'];

if ($startLimit=="")
{
$startLimit = $initStartLimit;
}

if ($numberOfRows=="")
{
$numberOfRows = $limitPerPage;
}

if ($sortOrder=="")
{
$sortOrder = "DESC";
}
if ($sortOrder == "DESC") { $newSortOrder = "ASC"; } else { $newSortOrder = "DESC"; }
$limitQuery = " LIMIT ".$startLimit.",".$numberOfRows;
$nextStartLimit = $startLimit + $limitPerPage;
$previousStartLimit = $startLimit - $limitPerPage;

if ($sortBy!="")
{
$orderByQuery = " ORDER BY ".$sortBy." ".$sortOrder;
}


$sql = "SELECT * FROM libo_books".$orderByQuery.$limitQuery;
$result = MYSQL_QUERY($sql);
$numberOfRows = MYSQL_NUM_ROWS($result);


?>
<?
if ($numberOfRows==0) {
?>

Sorry. No records found !!

<?
}
else if ($numberOfRows>0) {

$i=0;
?>


<br>
<?
if ($_REQUEST['startLimit'] != "")
{
?>

<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $previousStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Previous <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>....
<? } ?>
<?
if ($numberOfRows == $limitPerPage)
{
?>
<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $nextStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Next <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>
<? } ?>

<br><br>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0" WIDTH="80%">
<TR>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=Book_Id&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>Book_Id</B>
</a>
</TD>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=Title&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>Title</B>
</a>
</TD>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=Author&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>Author</B>
</a>
</TD>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=Ilustrator&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>Ilustrator</B>
</a>
</TD>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=Description&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>Description</B>
</a>
</TD>
<TD>
<a href="<? echo $PHP_SELF; ?>?sortBy=ParOfSerie&sortOrder=<? echo $newSortOrder; ?>&startLimit=<? echo $startLimit; ?>&rows=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>">
<B>ParOfSerie</B>
</a>
</TD>
</TR>
<?
while ($i<$numberOfRows)
{

if (($i%2)==0) { $bgColor = "#FFFFCC"; } else { $bgColor = "#C0C0C0"; }

$thisBook_Id = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"Book_Id");
$thisTitle = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"Title");
$thisAuthor = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"Author");
$thisIlustrator = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"Ilustrator");
$thisDescription = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"Description");
$thisParOfSerie = MYSQL_RESULT($result,$i,"ParOfSerie");

?>
<TR BGCOLOR="<? echo $bgColor; ?>">
<TD><? echo $thisBook_Id; ?></TD>
<TD><? echo $thisTitle; ?></TD>
<TD><? echo $thisAuthor; ?></TD>
<TD><? echo $thisIlustrator; ?></TD>
<TD><? echo $thisDescription; ?></TD>
<TD><? echo $thisParOfSerie; ?></TD>
<TD><a href="editLibo_books.php?Book_IdField=<? echo $thisBook_Id; ?>">Edit</a></TD>
<TD><a href="confirmDeleteLibo_books.php?Book_IdField=<? echo $thisBook_Id; ?>">Delete</a></TD>
</TR>
<?
$i++;

} // end while loop
?>
</TABLE>


<br>
<?
if ($_REQUEST['startLimit'] != "")
{
?>

<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $previousStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Previous <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>....
<? } ?>
<?
if ($numberOfRows == $limitPerPage)
{
?>
<a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?startLimit=<? echo $nextStartLimit; ?>&limitPerPage=<? echo $limitPerPage; ?>&sortBy=<? echo $sortBy; ?>&sortOrder=<? echo $sortOrder; ?>">Next <? echo $limitPerPage; ?> Results</a>
<? } ?>

<br><br>
<?
} // end of if numberOfRows > 0
?>
</div>
</body>
</html>